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election laws, you have more women -- that they passed for the election, the election laws, you have more women. they have a larger representation. they are still debating the constitution. we will see how that works out. but there is a forest. i agree with the idea that it is not up to us -- but there is a force. i agree with the idea that it is not up to us. the shia are only about 10% of the population. what is happening is the connectivity of the young people. women, more than half of the college students in saudi arabia are women. i went to a women's college in saudi arabia. the women are all connected. they tweet about all kinds of issues, global issues, including asking questions about the royal family. there is empowerment. it will vary from country to country, but it will not be up to us. >> you do not have to worry about it as much as the perception in the middle east. one thing that gaddafi promoted was gender equality, so you had women -- the gender issue was never as big of a problem in libya acid has been and continues to be in some parts of the middle east -- was never
election laws, you have more women -- that they passed for the election, the election laws, you have more women. they have a larger representation. they are still debating the constitution. we will see how that works out. but there is a forest. i agree with the idea that it is not up to us -- but there is a force. i agree with the idea that it is not up to us. the shia are only about 10% of the population. what is happening is the connectivity of the young people. women, more than half of the...
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you cannot get this done before the election, but after the election, and the psychological impact of seeing controlled change as a result of the lame- duck period tom daschle could not get anything done. bill frist, we are wiped out, we will pass a resolution and go home. there is nothing he could do about it. so the question is, what is the psychology of this election going to do to the best laid plans of harry reid and speaker boehner and the president? i don't think any of whom expected what you just described. the great surprise is that there was no surprise. i don't expect this lame-duck to do very much worthwhile. i think they are going to pass a continuing resolution. they do have the fiscal cliffs that they have to deal with, and there will be a calibration of who gets hurt the most if we allow the economy to go over the cliff. where do we blame? there is a lot of calculation going on right now at leadership levels in both houses, in both parties, with the white house heaving a huge sigh of relief that the poles were all right, but now we are stuck with this for four more yea
you cannot get this done before the election, but after the election, and the psychological impact of seeing controlled change as a result of the lame- duck period tom daschle could not get anything done. bill frist, we are wiped out, we will pass a resolution and go home. there is nothing he could do about it. so the question is, what is the psychology of this election going to do to the best laid plans of harry reid and speaker boehner and the president? i don't think any of whom expected...
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cesar chavez got elected. find people in need like immigrants coming in and they will be the natural constituents. they will be electing all democrats all the time. democracy has been interrupted. that is the reason they opposed checking identification. the people have to have a driver's license. they don't need to show the driver's license to vote. host: what do you think of all the campaign spending in the election? caller: they just need tons of people on welfare are taking food stamps. host: howard in new jersey on the independent line. good morning. caller: many organizations are non-profit and non-partisan. host: howard, go ahead. caller: my question is about non-profit and non-partisan organizations. i don't believe these organizations which gave to the campaigns. my question is -- i see these people come on c-span and i wonder if there is a profit to them. they get salary and benefits. much goes into benefits and salaries. very little goes into the actual charity. host: do you want to talk about the su
cesar chavez got elected. find people in need like immigrants coming in and they will be the natural constituents. they will be electing all democrats all the time. democracy has been interrupted. that is the reason they opposed checking identification. the people have to have a driver's license. they don't need to show the driver's license to vote. host: what do you think of all the campaign spending in the election? caller: they just need tons of people on welfare are taking food stamps....
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the election is over. the people of this country have spoken and said loudly and clearly that they want us to work together, to create jobs and fix our economy. i agree with the economists who say that the threat of a fiscal cliff like the need to immediately reduce the deficit is being overblown and it's done like the debt ceiling debacle, to create a do or die situation where the hope is that democrats would agree to programs that would lose jobs. we cannot agree to it. we're being asked to cut the deficit by $4 trillion over 10 years, cuts and caps are projected to cut that deficit by $1.7 trillion. that leaves $2.3 trillion. if we allow the growth in the economy to continue, even at present slow pace, that can help reduce the need for those level of cuts even more. the poor and the middle class are already doing their part through the cuts that are already in place. now it's time for everyone else to do theirs. the rest of the deficit reduction must come primarily from eliminating tax cuts for the weal
the election is over. the people of this country have spoken and said loudly and clearly that they want us to work together, to create jobs and fix our economy. i agree with the economists who say that the threat of a fiscal cliff like the need to immediately reduce the deficit is being overblown and it's done like the debt ceiling debacle, to create a do or die situation where the hope is that democrats would agree to programs that would lose jobs. we cannot agree to it. we're being asked to...
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that obviously, and congressional elections and senate elections. so that has some important dimensionality to this. and the last thing i would say is we really have kind of three problems right now. we have the short run fiscal cliff, the medium term need to consolidate the budget, all of simpson-bowles, and these flow into one another, and the long run, entitlement cost crisis, which is part of the medium term but it's growing progressively worse. and the side are going to jockey for a while about advantage in trying to get their terms and all of those and i think it's going to be harder to get the fiscal cliff dealt with before -- in a lame duck, than some people propose -- suppose because of. that i hope i'm wrong. but that's a big concern. >> one of the things i used to say to tom daschle when he was the democratic leader and i was republican leader, tom, if we dt right thing there will be political benefit for both of us. and that's what happened. when we made these tough agreements. quite often it benefited us, the republicans, and then in 20
that obviously, and congressional elections and senate elections. so that has some important dimensionality to this. and the last thing i would say is we really have kind of three problems right now. we have the short run fiscal cliff, the medium term need to consolidate the budget, all of simpson-bowles, and these flow into one another, and the long run, entitlement cost crisis, which is part of the medium term but it's growing progressively worse. and the side are going to jockey for a while...
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in his zeal to bend and ran -- to vent and rant as a result of the elections. the comments that she is not so bright, that she is untrustworthy -- these are comments that beg the question, when you look at her laudable resonate, much of which you heard from our distinguished delegates holmes nortmorton. so we are asking for them to walk back those comments. joining me here -- and i'm going to stop my comments at this point and call upon my good friend, the just elected chair of the congressional black caucus, rip marsha fudge from the district of ohio. -- rep. marcia fudge from the district of ohio. >> i am going to be brief also. i know when you lose, you get angry. but do not take it out on someone who had nothing to do with a loss. glenn yourself. how you say that someone was susan rice's background is not qualified? where did you finish in your class? i know one of them finished in the bottom of their class. susan rice was a rhodes scholar. how you say a person like susan rice is not qualified? you may not like her. he may not like the administration. but d
in his zeal to bend and ran -- to vent and rant as a result of the elections. the comments that she is not so bright, that she is untrustworthy -- these are comments that beg the question, when you look at her laudable resonate, much of which you heard from our distinguished delegates holmes nortmorton. so we are asking for them to walk back those comments. joining me here -- and i'm going to stop my comments at this point and call upon my good friend, the just elected chair of the...
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the democrats' won 25 of the 33 senate elections. -- the democrats won 25 of the 33 senate elections. they want and all of the country. it is a victory that goes with president obama's victory. it was an affirmation of some good senate democratic candidates, but a rejection of republican extremism and obstruction. i want to emphasize the obstruction. the senate has always been a difficult place to make work. filibusters have always been in the atmosphere and a potential threat. and he is to be that the obstructionists were a few individuals. the leaders used to work to try to make the senate do the nation's business. these last four years, we had obstruction as a strategy of the republican party, led by senator mcconnell. if this election can be read as a the fsa -- a rejection of the polar ice senate. host: you are on the line with ira shapiro. caller: there were ability presidents i got this country out of trouble from the banks. we got into trouble trying to bring the banks back to their solvency. the greenback got us out of trouble. we have to get the little man out of the picture
the democrats' won 25 of the 33 senate elections. -- the democrats won 25 of the 33 senate elections. they want and all of the country. it is a victory that goes with president obama's victory. it was an affirmation of some good senate democratic candidates, but a rejection of republican extremism and obstruction. i want to emphasize the obstruction. the senate has always been a difficult place to make work. filibusters have always been in the atmosphere and a potential threat. and he is to be...
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senate following tuesday elections. then the president obama obama and speaker bainer and then the polling during the 2012 presidential campaign. >> tomorrow president obama will be at arlington national cemetery to participate in the ceremony at the tom of the unknown and a remembrance ceremony. live coverage begins at 11:00 a.m. eastern on c-span. >> 2013 should be the year we solve our debt reform. i'm proposing we avert the fiscal cliff and 2013 is finally the year our government comes to grips with the problems that are facing us. >> i'm open to compromise and new ideas. i'm committed to solving our fiscal challenge. but i refuse to accept any approach that isn't balanced. i'm not going to ask students and seniors and middle class families to pay down the entire deficit while people like me aren't asked to pay a dime more in taxes. >> the new elected congress starts in january but the congress has to do work in a lame duck session and they have to work on the federal deficit raising the debt ceiling and by how much
senate following tuesday elections. then the president obama obama and speaker bainer and then the polling during the 2012 presidential campaign. >> tomorrow president obama will be at arlington national cemetery to participate in the ceremony at the tom of the unknown and a remembrance ceremony. live coverage begins at 11:00 a.m. eastern on c-span. >> 2013 should be the year we solve our debt reform. i'm proposing we avert the fiscal cliff and 2013 is finally the year our...
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-- was one election. people refer to this as a demographic election, and that -- that is a useful term, but democracy is not a block. out of the knicks could come possibilities for a third party -- this mix could come the possibility for a third party that would not be shackled by disputes of the past. -- we have already seen that parties have lost control of who finances candidates. what if these groups turned to funding third parties? it is an interesting possibility. it is certainly no longer true that the money has to come from one or two parties. host: gary johnson, libertarian candidate, reached 1.2 million votes, the most by any libertarian candidate. do you think there is a message there? guest: i think there is always a hunger for a third party, but you need the money unless you have someone spending of lot of money to boost an independent candidate -- in this cycle we have seen the campaign for primate -- primary accountability go after a long term incumbents, and eric cantor contributed money t
-- was one election. people refer to this as a demographic election, and that -- that is a useful term, but democracy is not a block. out of the knicks could come possibilities for a third party -- this mix could come the possibility for a third party that would not be shackled by disputes of the past. -- we have already seen that parties have lost control of who finances candidates. what if these groups turned to funding third parties? it is an interesting possibility. it is certainly no...
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they are up for election. the election we just had spoke to a major. in this country, it is all about the taxes. host: would you be ok with a short-term bridge? caller: if you consider the fact it will not hit on january 1, everything went up. it stays-- it phases in overtime. host: what if they had a short- term bridge to deal with this at the beginning of next year or do you want it dealt with? caller: they need to deal with it here and now. it needs to be dealt with now. the first thing to go would be the tax cuts. as far as the economy itself, to boost the economy, i think somebody needs to work on a serious tax bill. we just had hurricane sandy on the east coast. there is a perfect example where if you put people to work, but all of our wires and power lines underground. they can build the economy. i think the republicans talk a good game. they found out, america is not the america of cleavers. this is a multiracial society, and it is only getting more. get in line, or we have seen the last of the republican party. host: thank you for the call fro
they are up for election. the election we just had spoke to a major. in this country, it is all about the taxes. host: would you be ok with a short-term bridge? caller: if you consider the fact it will not hit on january 1, everything went up. it stays-- it phases in overtime. host: what if they had a short- term bridge to deal with this at the beginning of next year or do you want it dealt with? caller: they need to deal with it here and now. it needs to be dealt with now. the first thing to...
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elected in the special election to finish jay inslee's term and also elected last week to be the representative of the newly configured first district in the 113th congress. she was able to successfully connect with voters because of her upbringing and her experience. and working her way through college, she earned a bachelor's agree from reed college in portland and m.b.a. have the university of washington. following her academic work, susan had a very successful career at microsoft and two high-tech startup companies and director of the washington department of revenue. she is a high energy person, someone who will work well with our colleagues here in the house of representatives. i yield to the gentleman from washington, 4th congressional district, chairman of the natural resources committee, who joins me in welcoming our newest member. mr. hastings: let me be the first here in this post-session of congress, this is the last session that mr. dicks will be serving and he will be missed and we will miss you here. >> thank. mr. dicks: thank you. mr. hastings: when somebody leaves, somebody new
elected in the special election to finish jay inslee's term and also elected last week to be the representative of the newly configured first district in the 113th congress. she was able to successfully connect with voters because of her upbringing and her experience. and working her way through college, she earned a bachelor's agree from reed college in portland and m.b.a. have the university of washington. following her academic work, susan had a very successful career at microsoft and two...
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the 2012 elections are over and the elections were historic. there is one particular aspect of the elections that was historic that i would like to talk about first. it is not simply the reelection of the first african-american president. 2012 will be the last campaign where one of the major parties seeks to get elected solely with the white vote. is this on? 2012 was a clear showing that the country is now a multi- racial, multi-as that country and for a successful political party or a particle movement, they are going to have to appeal to a much broader swath than simply non-hispanic white people. the first thing i want to point out -- 2004, when john kerry ran against george w. bush, the proportion of the electorate that was white, according to the exit polls, was 79%. 79 and everyone hundred voters were non-hispanic white. four years later, and in 2008, that number had declined to 74%. this year, that number declined to 72%. in the meantime, the african- american share of the vote over that time increased from 11 to 13. the hispanic share f
the 2012 elections are over and the elections were historic. there is one particular aspect of the elections that was historic that i would like to talk about first. it is not simply the reelection of the first african-american president. 2012 will be the last campaign where one of the major parties seeks to get elected solely with the white vote. is this on? 2012 was a clear showing that the country is now a multi- racial, multi-as that country and for a successful political party or a...
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senator-elect tammy baldwin. and senator-elect hirono. so that's pretty exciting. and unfortunately, we won't have kathy hoke will and betty sutton in the next congress, but the future is coming upon us and they will be making a great public contribution. so here we are. in the past week since the election, we are still finishing up our campaign. we are proud of the success, as i said yesterday and as you see here today. why is it important for us to make this statement of the strength of women in the congress of the united states? the house democratic women? because this is where the hopes and dreams of america's families are riding. they may not know that. they may not know one party from the next and the rest. but we know that without rosa delauro, we wouldn't vr lilly ledbetter and the pay fairness act. without gwen moore, we would not have the vial ns against women act being put forth. and representative sanchez to protect women in the military. we are so very, very proud of the chair of the democratic national committee, debey wasserman schultz, who is here.
senator-elect tammy baldwin. and senator-elect hirono. so that's pretty exciting. and unfortunately, we won't have kathy hoke will and betty sutton in the next congress, but the future is coming upon us and they will be making a great public contribution. so here we are. in the past week since the election, we are still finishing up our campaign. we are proud of the success, as i said yesterday and as you see here today. why is it important for us to make this statement of the strength of women...
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on the other hand, i didn't get re-elected just to bask in re-election. i got elected to do work on behalf of american families and small businesses all across the country who are still recovering from a really bad recession but are hopeful about the future. and i am too. the one thing that i said during the campaign, that maybe sounds like a bunch of campaign red rhetoric but now that the campaign is over, i'll repeat it and hope you believe me. when you travel around the country you are inspired by the grit and resilience and hard work an decency of the american people. it just makes you want to work harder. you meet families who are -- who have overcome really tough spots and are making it, sending their doids college. and you meet young people who are doing incredible work in disadvantaged communities because they believe in, you know, the american ideal and it should be available for everybody and you meet farmers who are helping each other during types of drought and you meet businesses that kept their doors open during the recession even though the
on the other hand, i didn't get re-elected just to bask in re-election. i got elected to do work on behalf of american families and small businesses all across the country who are still recovering from a really bad recession but are hopeful about the future. and i am too. the one thing that i said during the campaign, that maybe sounds like a bunch of campaign red rhetoric but now that the campaign is over, i'll repeat it and hope you believe me. when you travel around the country you are...
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the election was a wave election, a tremendous response. the same folks that propelled the single largest republican majority in decades, i don't think they turned on a dime and said, i don't want to cut spending. what we need to do is do a better job of articulating conservative principles to all kinds of folks, not just those folks that read the "wall street journal." millions of americans have not heard what we believe then and the value of individual opportunity and the value of limited government. i don't think that our candidate is a very good job of articulating that. >> it was an election that produced the second largest house majority since world war ii. according to the exit polls, american people agreed with the positions of the republican party and disagreed with the positions of the democratic party. we saw a poll published today noting that obamacare is less popular than at any time since the polling began. we do know that for these next four years, the american people are about to get a graduate lesson in -- at the end of tha
the election was a wave election, a tremendous response. the same folks that propelled the single largest republican majority in decades, i don't think they turned on a dime and said, i don't want to cut spending. what we need to do is do a better job of articulating conservative principles to all kinds of folks, not just those folks that read the "wall street journal." millions of americans have not heard what we believe then and the value of individual opportunity and the value of...
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election. clearly, it is not the only issue that is in port for latinos, but it is important that it has symbolic meaning as well. i am not sure why this is been such a great surprise to some money. it seemed like it was pretty clear this was a trend that was pretty evident, but people seem to be very surprised and shocked that all of the sudden latino population, hispanic population is planning a significant role in exercising enormous influence. that turnout in this election coupled with president obama is move on sort of a dream act light several months ago, also makes one more hopeful that something may happen this time besides avoiding a fiscal cliff, immigration reform is frequently mentioned as a very high priority for the second term of the obama ministration. it will not be easy. we all know that. this is not a slam dunk. this depends on a lot of dynamics within the republican party. they're still a lot of opposition, resistance to that, and this will have to watch closely. clearly, th
election. clearly, it is not the only issue that is in port for latinos, but it is important that it has symbolic meaning as well. i am not sure why this is been such a great surprise to some money. it seemed like it was pretty clear this was a trend that was pretty evident, but people seem to be very surprised and shocked that all of the sudden latino population, hispanic population is planning a significant role in exercising enormous influence. that turnout in this election coupled with...
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guest: yeah, during the election campaign. the truth is the house has been extraordinarily productive. you know, we passed i think 39 separate jobs bills to try to get the economy going. we passed a bill to try to -- about $20 trillion of tax cuts to at least get us back on the path toward a balanced budget again. the problem is all those bills are sitting in the senate. not one of them has a vote on it. we haven't seen leadership from the president on key issues, especially social security, medicare and the debt. be that as it may, this caller made a great point at the very beginning. she asked about a report, and i think she's referring to the congressional research service had a recent report that said tax rates don't matter. but the study they made is flawed. two big flaws in it. one it didn't consider all the state and local taxes. the whole burden on businesses and individuals as far as the committee. major flaw. but here's the big one. they went back 50 years, 1945. looked at the tax rates from 90 %-some and concluded n
guest: yeah, during the election campaign. the truth is the house has been extraordinarily productive. you know, we passed i think 39 separate jobs bills to try to get the economy going. we passed a bill to try to -- about $20 trillion of tax cuts to at least get us back on the path toward a balanced budget again. the problem is all those bills are sitting in the senate. not one of them has a vote on it. we haven't seen leadership from the president on key issues, especially social security,...